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1972 Symmons Plains

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Australian Touring Car Championship race number 1 of 8
Monday, March 6, 1972 at Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston, Tasmania
40 laps on a 2.410 kilometer road course (96.400 kilometers)

Time of race: 0:41:55.10
Average speed: 137.983 kph
Pole time: 60.4 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 40 sec +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1972 Australian Touring Car Championship results / 1972 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Car	Laps	Status	Led
1	1	9	Allan Moffat	Allan Moffat	Coca-Cola	Ford Mustang Boss 302	40	running	40
2	6	76	Bob Jane	Bob Jane	–	Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1	40	running	0
3	12	14	Malcolm Ramsay	5AD City State Racing Team	–	Holden Kingswood HQ	39	running	0
4	3	90	Robin Bessant	Shell Racing	Shell	Ford Mustang	36	running	0
5	9		Mike Stillwell	B.S. Stillwell Ford	–	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	36	running	0
6	10		Tim Smith	Tim Smith	–	Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1	–	running	0
7	13		Bob Connolly	Bob Conolly	–	Morris Cooper S	–	running	0
8	14		Tony Watts	Richard Locke Motor Engineering	–	Morris Cooper S	–	running	0
9	8		John Rushford	Rushford Engineering Co.	–	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	–	running	0
10	7		Bob Holden	Dr. Allan Hogan	–	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	22	dnf	0
11	11		Jim McKeown	Shell Racing	Shell	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	18	windscreen	0
12	2	40	Norm Beechey	Norm Beechey	Shell	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	18	dnf	0
13	5	1	Ian Geoghegan	Ian Geoghegan	Geoghegan's Sporty Cars	Ford Falcon XY GT-HO Phase III	12	overheating	0
14	4		Clive Green	Shell Racing	Shell	Ford Mustang	3	dnf	0

Fastest Lap: 60.400 seconds by Allan Moffat

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Allan Moffat	1	40	40